Dear Annie: I’ve an expensive pal with a loving canine, however I dread going to her home as a result of her canine enthusiastically jumps up on me for the primary jiffy I’m there. I’ve tried doing what she asks me to do — turning my again on him — and have been not doing what she doesn’t need me to do — placing my knee out to maintain him again or sternly saying “no.”
But he will get no higher at any subsequent go to together with her methodology of coping with it.
I’ve had, and fostered, quite a few dogs and have educated them to not soar up with just some minutes of coaching. I’m coming off caring for her canine whereas she was out of city and am very over her canine leaping on me. She lives alone and depends on her buddies to step in with the canine’s care when she travels.
Thanks for any recommendation wanting assembly her elsewhere. — Friend’s Dog Manners
Dear Friend’s Dog Manners: Have you tried to coach the canine your self if you are staying at her home? If you may have, and he nonetheless doesn’t pay attention, then it could be time to rent knowledgeable canine coach. Having a leaping canine shouldn’t be solely annoying however could cause somebody to fall over. Talk to your pal and inform her your issues in order that she is conscious of how a lot the issue bothers you. Since you’re employed with fosters, you may in all probability discover a extremely advisable coach to your pal.
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